Competitiveness / Technology, R&D and Innovation
This section feature research, opinion and progress reports on how the Czech Republic compares to other EU countries economically. It includes analysis of international rankings such as the WEF and World Bank.
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Masaryk University: Leading life science institutions from Central and Eastern Europe form Alliance4Life
Despite heavy investments and other funding coming in past decade from the EU, a substantial gap in research performance and innovation potential persists between the East and the West of the EU. Member institutions of the Alliance4Life believe that to a large extent solution to this problem is to be found in improved governance and managerial practices as well as development of institutional culture at research institutions.
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Life Sciences: Range of awards to Masaryk University, Brno
Competitions and awards improve any institution’s reputation in the expert circles and introduce achievements in science to the lay public. They also allow scientists to continue their work in a promising research. At the end of 2017 the students and scientists of Masaryk University succeeded in a few Czech and international contests.
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EC 2017 EU Industrial R&D Investment Scoreboard
According to the European Commission, the world's top 2500 industrial companies created more jobs, with a 1.7% increase in the number of employees, reaching 53 million in total in 2016. An important number of these world's top industrial R&D players are based in the EU (567 out of 2500; with 822 in the US, 365 in Japan, 376 in China and 370 in the rest of the world).The 567 EU based companies employed 18.8 million persons, 2.2% more than the year before, and companies with headquarters in the EU increased rheir R&D investment by 7% over 2016.
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